Do you poo at work? Heeding the ‘call to stool’ is important – even if you’re at the office | Yumi Stynes

Hearing about poo is too evocative and gross in most settings - but if there's something affecting our health, we have to talk about it

In her book Stoic at Work, Annie Lawson tells the story of a colleague of hers hearing someone eating pretzels while sitting on the toilet:

The person holed up in a toilet cubicle - a senior leader - was gnawing on them like a squirrel, taking several bites per pretzel while doing his business. Then his phone rang and he answered. He was the ultimate multi-tasker. My colleague was at the sink washing his hands when he heard a flush and the senior leader emerged from the cubicle with an empty pretzel packet. He nodded, dropped the pretzel packet in the bin and walked out without washing his hands."

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